National security and the D-Notice system
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National security and the D-Notice system
Ashgate : Dartmouth, c2001
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  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The D-Notice system is a voluntary arrangement between the government and the media whereby the media agree not to publish or broadcast certain information in the interests of national security. It represents voluntary censorship on the part of the media. The alternative to the D-Notice system is legal action by the government to suppress allegedly sensitive material, for example, by use of the civil action of breach of confidence, or to punish the media after publication by use of the criminal law. This book identifies a major deficiency in both the D-Notice system and the legal alternatives to the system. It maintains that the public interest, that is, the interests of the general public, is insufficiently represented in the operation of the former and is often not sufficiently recognized by the judiciary in the latter. The result, the author argues, is that material may be suppressed which has no connection with national security, but which instead exposes the government to embarrassment. The book offers a comprehensive history and comparison of the D-Notice system in the UK and Australia.
It analyzes issues pertaining to the relationship between free speech and the system and discusses the "public interest" in relation to the involvement of the government and the media. The author also explores the means by which the governments in both countries suppress information in the interests of national security.
Table of Contents
- The right to freedom of speech
- history of the D-Notice system in the UK to 1945
- history post-1945 and current operation of the D-Notice system in the UK
- history and operation of the D-Notice system in Australia
- the use of the criminal law in relation to the disclosure of sensitive information
- injunctions to restrain a breach of the criminal law - UK and Australia
- the use of the civil actions of breach of confidence and copyright
- "national security" and "the state"
- free speech and national security
- the government, media and judiciary.
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